The Swedish North Star, continuously published since 1872. Volume 146 No. 5, April 01, 2018. Price per copy $3.50.
tales from the opera Beautiful old buildings of great historical importance are usually honored and maintained with care, while they are also overflowing with a long history of intrigue. This is certainly true of the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm, a majestic neo-classical building that stands near the Royal Palace. The founding patron himself met his fate there at a masquerade ball, setting the scene for many memorable moments long after the curtain went down. Even today, behind-the-scenes is a world not much known by the regular opera-goer. There are a lot of stories that are rarely told outside the opera, even in Stockholm, but we have a few of them, collected on / P18
a radical review
of the 1966 movie Persona, considered by many to be director Ingmar Bergman’s masterpiece. / P21
Dillkött—a not so common savory classic Swedish dish for the brave/ p12
A Florida Pioneer—’founding father’ of St. Petersburg/ p14